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TABITHA BENNEY

Associate Professor

Division of Public Affairs

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  • Associate Professor
    Division of Public Affairs
  • 801-581-6781 (Work)

BIO

Prof. Tabitha M. Benney, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Division of Public Affairs and Affiliated Faculty in the School of Environment, Society, and Sustainability, and the International Studies Program. She is also the Director of the Utah Radon Lab and Associate Director at the Utah Energy and Power Innovation Center (U-EPIC) at the University of Utah. Dr. Benney is also a Research Fellow for the Earth Research Governance Network and serves on the Executive Council of the Energy Futures Research Engine. She received her BSFS (2001) and MA in International Affairs (2007) from Georgetown University and her PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara (2013).

 

Dr. Benney’s research has been published in The Review of International Political Economy, Science of the Total Environment, Energy Policy, Environmental Research, Atmosphere, The Routledge Handbook on Ethics, The World Financial Review, Vehicles, and Wiley's Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change -among others. Her books include, Making Environmental Markets Work: The Varieties of Capitalism in Emerging Economies (Routledge Press, 2015) and Agency in Earth System Governance - coedited with Michele. Betsill and Andrea Gerlak (Cambridge, 2020). In addition, she has received numerous awards, fellowships, and grants including, the International Studies Association (ISA) Catalytic Research Workshop Grant, the Interdisciplinary Research Pilot Program (IRPP) Grant, the Louis G. Lancaster's International Relations Award, the Betty Glad Award, a CSBS Fellowship, and the Distinguished Teaching Award (University of Utah).

INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Professor
    Division of Public Affairs1 Jan 2025 - present

MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Utah, Political Science, Salt Lake City, United StatesJul 2020 - Dec 2024
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Utah, Political Science, Salt Lake City, United StatesJul 2013 - Jun 2020
  • Visiting Lecturer
    University of Utah, Department of Administration and Organizational Science1 May 2019 - 15 Jun 2019

DEGREES

  • BSFS, Foreign Service
    Georgetown University2001
  • MA, International Affairs
    Georgetown University2007
  • PhD, Political Science
    University of California, Santa Barbara2013

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish; Castilian
  • Italian
  • Norwegian

FIELDS OF RESEARCH